July 5 Reads

The cumulative U.S. total of COVID-19 is just under 3 million, with 132,000 deaths.  No end in sight, unfortunately, thanks to the big boost by red states that refused to take lockdown seriously early in the pandemic.

Texas and Florida are especially hard hit.

Texas hospitals are starting to feel the strain of serious cases.

The NYT is keeping track of the latest on the worsening situation in many states.

Mayor Kate Gallego of Phoenix said on Sunday that with cases and death counts soaring in Arizona, testing sites in her city and surrounding Maricopa County are overwhelmed, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency has rebuffed her pleas for help.

She raised the issue on the ABC program “This Week,” saying that it “feels like they’re declaring victory while we’re in crisis mode.”

In an interview later in the day, Ms. Gallego, a Democrat, said she had been trying since April to get more testing resources for Phoenix, both from FEMA and from the private sector. But testing, she says, remains woefully inadequate, especially for those who lack health insurance.

But it is just like the flu, you know?

Even Trump is starting to panic and his campaign is suggesting that people wear masks at his rallies.

I will note this tweet of yet another casualty of this pandemic:

BREAKING: Nick Cordero has died at 41 after battling coronavirus complications for several months, his wife Amanda Kloots has announced https://t.co/w93KADuUIY pic.twitter.com/s6uPWQ6FlU

— Variety (@Variety) July 6, 2020

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Ian Bergdorf, a noted misogynist crossdressing man, once again spews filth, only this time it won't have any effect.
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